Image courtesy of dailymail.couk
On this coming Tuesday, Kim Kardashian’s Skims Stretch Rib collection will launch and be available for purchase for consumers. And the timing is perfect!!
As more and more folks are sequestered at home or working from home, Kim K’s Skims Stretch Rib garments are perfect to wear around the house. The matching sets which are basically wear-around-the-house, comfortable sports bras and shorty biker shorts comes in three colors, soot, bone, and slate green.
You can mix and match the shorty biker shorts with sports bras that come in crewneck bra or halter neckline styles. And this collection comes in a wide range of sizes from XXS to 5X. Prices cap at $42.
Image courtesy of Atelier PR
Anne Klein gives back
Anne Klein’s granddaughter Jesse Gre Rubinstein is partnering with WHP Global, owner of the women’s wear iconic line, Anne Klein, to provide relief during the COVID-19 pandemic by purchasing 100,000 safety face masks. These safety face masks will be distributed to essential workers and community organizations.
“Uniting the brand Anne Klein with the founder’s family at this critical time and making a commitment to distribute 100,000 masks to those on the frontlines helping our communities, is a win/win. This is just the beginning of our planned collaboration with Anne’s granddaughter, Jesse. We’re thrilled to partner with her,” said WHP Chairman and CEO Yehuda Shmidman in a company press release.
“I am honored to have the opportunity to play a role in supporting my grandmother’s legacy by highlighting inspiring individuals who even during this time of great uncertainty, embody the vision and strength to empower their community and uplift those around them,” added Jesse Gre Rubinstein, founder and CEO of social media agency, Hello There Collective. “My hope is that this initiative serves as the launch of a powerful network that can both support and inspire others to help not only in the present, but as we begin to rebuild.”
Image courtesy of theglobalpost.com
More financial woes for Bangladeshi garment workers
Bangladeshi garment factories have achieved one coronavirus victory. Western garment companies have agreed not to cancel orders. And though this victory is significant, the victory has been set back by Western garment companies demanding a price cut of 50%.
“We are still observing their departure from original contract terms … which includes renegotiating prices as low as 50% of the original deal,” said Rubana Huq, president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, in a recent fashionnetwork.com article. Kalpona Akter, a labor activist, warned that workers would bear the brunt of reduced or renegotiated orders. “We will be able to see the impact by next month, when workers will have to be paid their Eid bonuses and salaries,” Akter explained.
Bangladesh ranks behind China in garment manufacturing with its 4,000 factories employing mostly women, accounting for 80% of the country’s exports. The Bangladeshi government has come up with a $588 million package to help the crucial export sector pay its workers in March.
Though this package will help, labor activists say it is not enough to help garment workers. Hundreds of garment workers took to the streets to protest the cuts by Western garment brands and nonpayment of wages.
William S. Gooch
This was very helpful, thanks!